Cheap budget computer

[essaena]

Looking for advice on building a comp budget is around $500 USD and I need a copy of windows so its really around 400ish =( These are the part I came up with

• CPU AMD A8-3850 $135 on Amazon.com

• Motherboard ASRock A75M-HVS $69.99 on Newegg.com

• Memory G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 $69.99 on Newegg

• Case Xion XON-180 $34.99 on Newegg

• Power Supply CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 $59.99 on Newegg

• Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS 500GB $39.99 on Newegg

• + Windows 7 64bit $100

So the total is $510. Is this computer decent for its price?

[chaud]

You will get a lot more for your money if you save another ~$200 or so.

[taekvideo]

It's not bad... but which chaud said is very true. Another $200 could get you a ton more performance for gaming.

[Rixis]

especially as you've not listed a GPU

[Deleted]

especially as you've not listed a GPU

The 3850 is an apu. Which is a cpu + a gpu

[Rixis]

bah, why don't i check these things first >.>

i must be more out of the loop than i pretend i'm not, honestly, never realised they were at a stage of "decent" gpu processor whatevers, coz i suck >.>

[essaena]

Ok then how about this build for 600ish

• i3 2100

• CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W

• PowerColor AX6770 1GBD5-H Radeon HD 6770

• BIOSTAR H61ML

• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

• Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache

• NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK

+ windows 7 and a optical drive

[Drunkenvalley]

Where are you ordering from?

[essaena]

I'll be ordering from Newegg

[Deleted]

Ok then how about this build for 600ish

• i3 2100

• CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W

• PowerColor AX6770 1GBD5-H Radeon HD 6770

• BIOSTAR H61ML

• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

• Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache

• NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK

+ windows 7 and a optical drive

You can easily drop down to 4GB ram to cut down the cost a bit.

[taekvideo]

Ok then how about this build for 600ish

• i3 2100

• CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W

• PowerColor AX6770 1GBD5-H Radeon HD 6770

• BIOSTAR H61ML

• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

• Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache

• NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK

+ windows 7 and a optical drive

That's not bad at all. Should be able to max out WoW/D3... would have to reduce settings for intense games like skyrim/bf3 but they'd be playable.
8gb is a bit much for a budget build like that... might be able to improve something more important if you dropped to 4gb.

[ewhenn]

All from Newegg

$36 NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$40 HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$69 SAPPHIRE 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 512MB 128-bit DDR5
$45 Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W Continuous Power ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
$40 G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
$55 ASRock H61M-VS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
$125 Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W
$100 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

Total: $512

This is way better than the AMD build you had in OP. I3-2100 + 5670 will hands down smash an A8-3850 in games and most desktop uses too. I didn't include a optical since your build didn't. As others have said, if you could up your budget to $620-$650, you can get a lot more.

[Drunkenvalley]

To be perfectly fair, he could also drop for the Corsair CX430, since the HD 6770 should only require a single 6pin.

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Here's a $500 build

[ewhenn]

To be perfectly fair, he could also drop for the Corsair CX430, since the HD 6770 should only require a single 6pin.

---------- Post added 2011-09-18 at 06:05 PM ----------

Here's a $500 build

He's looking for a $500 build that includes a copy of windows 7.

[Drunkenvalley]

He's looking for a $500 build that includes a copy of windows 7.

Which is entirely possible if he's a student, where it tends to be free through MSDNAA. He hasn't really mentioned.

Additionally, he looked into a $600 build just earlier.

[ewhenn]

Which is entirely possible if he's a student, where it tends to be free through MSDNAA.

He hasn't really mentioned.

From the OP:
....+ Windows 7 64bit $100

This implies he doesn't have access to the discounted price.

[Drunkenvalley]

Implications are, however, not necessarily the truth. He may have very well simple been unaware of MSDNAA. I certainly was for a while. There's also a multitude of other options, such as through workplace.

Additionally, as I added a little too late to my first post: He also looked at a $600 build. This suggests he can flex to some degree.

[ewhenn]

Implications are, however, not necessarily the truth. He may have very well simple been unaware of MSDNAA. I certainly was for a while. There's also a multitude of other options, such as through workplace.

Additionally, as I added a little too late to my first post: He also looked at a $600 build. This suggests he can flex to some degree.

Missed the part where he said he could go up to $600ish. Yeah in that case your build is really solid.